Its first games, Ballblazer and Rescue on Fractalus, were released for the Atari 5200 in 1984 under the Lucasfilm Games banner. Maniac Mansion, an early point and click adventure game, was developed using the Lucasfilm proprietary "Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion" or SCUMM. The SCUMM engine formed the backbone of the many point and click adventures to follow, including the popular Monkey Island and Indiana Jones series.

In 2005 LucasArts moved from its office in San Rafael, California to the Letterman Digital Arts Center in the Presidio of San Francisco. LucasArts' sister company, movie special effects giant Industrial Light and Magic, also moved to the same facility, which has since helped encourage greater collaboration between the two companies.

Acquisition and Closure

On October 30, 2012, LucasArts was acquired by The Walt Disney Company as part of the $4.05 Billion purchase of Lucasfilm. On April 3, 2013, the company was shut down by Disney. All employees were laid off and all projects were cancelled. The Star Wars video game license was sold to Electronic Arts.